Restless

After Damon had watched Natalie and Ashley walk into the restaurant, he drove away. He won't have to worry about her at work since Zuka would be there. What he would need to worry about was this thing she was following Natalie for.

He thought of those demons that were making him want to feel worried. There were times when he didn't feel the least worried about them then there were other times, like the other night when he just suddenly felt anxious.

Damon drove to the top of a hill, he could use some time there before doing anything else. He got out of his car and sat down on the green grass in the open space. He was alone, which he wanted. He just sat enjoying the breeze and gazing into the distance.

As much as he tried to forget about the dream he had the night before, he just couldn't. He kept hearing her voice, shouting his name. Her voice was so clear in his head it almost felt as if she was close to where he was presently. He tried and was still trying to block it all out when;

"Damon?" He heard his name and turned to look. He saw Sephirah standing behind him then he looked away.

She came close and sat with him.

"What is it?" He asked her coldly without looking at her.

"Is anything wrong? This is not where I expected to find you." Sephirah said in an alike manner.

Damon didn't reply and kept staring into the open. He heard her sigh before talking again.

"How's the girl doing?"

Now she got his attention. He looked at her and thought of what answer to give. She was doing fine. Maybe a little annoyed with him.

"I told her already." He said looking back at whatever he was looking at.

Sephirah understood what he meant. "How did she react?"

He shrugged, "She had already seen some scary things so the news was a bit easy for her to digest."

"She knows what we are too?"

"I didn't tell her you are yet." He had not told Ashley that Sephirah was also a demon but he remembered her telling her friend at the bar that she'll find out what both of them were because they seemed strange. So she could have guessed that Sephirah was also one after he explained to her what he was.

There was silence for a short while. "She'll be coming to stay with me for the mean time." Damon said breaking it.

"I expected that." She replied.

Damon just had to wait for whatever sleepover she was having to be over.

"I feel the SAGE are really really more powerful and are also so convinced that they will be able to eliminate you." Sephirah said. "Perhaps we should ask your father for help." She suggested and he turned to look at her.

Now Damon decided to wonder, why wasn't his father doing anything? He definitely would know what the SAGE are planning. Damon shook his head, he should know better than to wonder. Hades would let him fend for himself, he would expect him to fend for himself. The SAGE were supposed to be a piece of cake, that didn't require help from his father. Besides he had left without listening to his father, so why should he expect his help now?

But now a woman was involved again. These demons should know better than to touch another demon's mate. But they also knew that touching her would be the best way to anger one and now him, then they could take on their stupid plan to kill him while fighting for his mate.

The SAGE were also well aware of what had happened to his mate before and they knew what had happened at the end to the one who planned her death. So for them to have the mind to be doing this again, they were really more powerful as Sephirah had said and also had some dirty tricks under their sleeves.

"Are you looking down on me now?" He asked Sephirah and her eyes widened.

"No!" She quickly shook her head. "I don't just want us taking any chances, I don't want you hurt again or that girl or anyone else hurt."

No one would get hurt, he would make sure of it. He would know the best way to deal with them when the right time came.

"My father doesn't need to be involved yet." He told her.

She nodded with hopes that the situation won't be too hard for him to handle. "I will leave you alone." She said and vanished.

After Sephirah left him, he sat there for another few hours with a lot of thoughts running through his head. Thoughts that he didn't want to think about.

When he felt tired of sitting there he drove away, going back home. He waited for the evening to reach. He badly wanted to go check on Ashley but he remembered her annoyance. He decided to give her space.

She would be fine, he tried to convince himself but still couldn't help it. He teleported to her workplace and just then, he saw them both board a taxi. He tried to see if it was safe and it was, so he let them be.

Damon went back home trying to remain calm but throughout the night he was restless. When the morning came, he didn't know what to do. He tried to stay composed.

There was absolutely no need to worry, he told himself. But then maybe he wasn't restless because of the fact that she might not be safe, maybe he just wasn't comfortable with her being away and he just wanted to see her.

The sleepover was supposed to be over now. She should be back home already. He wanted to go to her house to check but he decided to send Zuka instead. The demon told him she wasn't home yet.

Damon was surprised. Why would she not be home already, were they still sleeping?There was no way to check on her. He feared something had happened. He would just go and look for her, that wouldn't be hard. No! He was just overreacting, he would wait some more, if she was not back by then then he will look for her. Damon cursed at himself for being like this.

He also didn't want her to just trust anyone at this point. Irene's death had made him to have a lot of trust issues. There were still a few he felt could be trusted though, if not he wouldn't be asking Zuka to keep an eye on Ashley and he wouldn't have anything to do with Sephirah.

Damon spent almost the whole day in his balcony drinking wine.

'You worry too much.' He heard a voice in his head.

'Let her be, nothing has gone wrong.' He heard it again.

He didn't know what that was but he surprisingly became relaxed. Towards evening, he went to her apartment to check on her and to his relief, she had returned. He perceived that her friend was with her and just left some minutes ago.

He thought of knocking but decided to surprise her instead. She already knew about his true identity so hopefully this shouldn't scare her much.

Damon teleported into the house and found her in the kitchen. She was in a red dress and was also backing him, which reminded him of the dream he had again. Not wanting to think of it he shook his head.

He was a bit surprised she hadn't sensed him yet so he quickly decided to say something before she did. But that had made her become furious. He could see that she was shocked and angry and that made him even miss her more.

"What if I just coming out of the bathroom naked and you just 'materialized' yourself in." She half yelled.

Oh that, he really wouldn't mind. Now, she made him anticipate seeing her naked body.

"I like it when you're furious." He told her. Yeah he couldn't deny the fact that her angry self did something to him.

The part he enjoyed the most was when she had closed her eyes. Thank goodness there was a running tap behind her which he used as an excuse because as she had her eyes closed he had been tempted to do exactly what she thought he would do.

He quickly told her that she would staying with him starting from this night and she had looked like somebody that they had finally come to take to hell.

Her questions had made him thoughtful. He didn't know how long it would take before all this was going to be over and how long she would have to stay with him. It felt like she didn't want to be with him for too long.

Also, explaining to her what the SAGE were, why they want to eliminate him and why she was involved was not something that would and could be explained all in one go. Little by little, she would get to know all that.

As he watched her pack her things he hoped that he would confirm sooner than later that she was his woman.

When she was done with packing all her things, he led her outside and once again did he feel fascinated by her reaction to seeing that he brought his car. Damon grinned.

This lady was going to be living with him for now and he would have to deal with all this. He couldn't deny the fact that he was really going to enjoy her presence in his mansion.